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US7726315B2
US7726315B2 US10/680,110 US68011003A US7726315B2 US 7726315 B2 US7726315 B2 US 7726315B2 US 68011003 A US68011003 A US 68011003A US 7726315 B2 US7726315 B2 US 7726315B2
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M16/00—Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration; Tracheal tubes
    • A61M16/04—Tracheal tubes
    • A61M16/0463—Tracheal tubes combined with suction tubes, catheters or the like; Outside connections
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
    • A61M39/02—Access sites
    • A61M39/06—Haemostasis valves, i.e. gaskets sealing around a needle, catheter or the like, closing on removal thereof
    • A61M39/0613—Haemostasis valves, i.e. gaskets sealing around a needle, catheter or the like, closing on removal thereof with means for adjusting the seal opening or pressure
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K15/00—Check valves
    • F16K15/18—Check valves with actuating mechanism; Combined check valves and actuated valves
    • F16K15/182—Check valves with actuating mechanism; Combined check valves and actuated valves with actuating mechanism
    • F16K15/1825—Check valves with actuating mechanism; Combined check valves and actuated valves with actuating mechanism for check valves with flexible valve members
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K31/00—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices
    • F16K31/44—Mechanical actuating means
    • F16K31/445—Mechanical actuating means with exterior sleeve
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
    • A61M39/02—Access sites
    • A61M39/06—Haemostasis valves, i.e. gaskets sealing around a needle, catheter or the like, closing on removal thereof
    • A61M2039/062—Haemostasis valves, i.e. gaskets sealing around a needle, catheter or the like, closing on removal thereof used with a catheter
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
    • A61M39/02—Access sites
    • A61M39/06—Haemostasis valves, i.e. gaskets sealing around a needle, catheter or the like, closing on removal thereof
    • A61M2039/0633—Haemostasis valves, i.e. gaskets sealing around a needle, catheter or the like, closing on removal thereof the seal being a passive seal made of a resilient material with or without an opening

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  • This invention relates to valves.
  • Closed system suction catheter assemblies are used for removing secretions from within the trachea or bronchii of an intubated patient.
  • the assembly comprises a flexible catheter connected at its machine end with a fitting including a valve that can be opened or closed to control the application of suction to the catheter.
  • the valve is usually of a kind having a valve member movable laterally of a flow path between two positions where flow is either enabled or prevented.
  • the catheter Towards its patient end, the catheter extends through a forward, patient end fitting connected between the end of a tracheal tube and a ventilation circuit.
  • the catheter can be advanced through the forward coupling down the tracheal tube to enable suctioning.
  • a flexible envelope extends between the two couplings, enclosing the catheter so that it can be manipulated through the envelope.
  • a wiper seal in the forward coupling prevents gas from the ventilation system inflating the envelope.
  • Assemblies of this kind are sold by Portex, Inc under the trade mark STERI-CATH®, by Ballard Medical, Inc/Kimberly-Clark under the trade mark TRACH-CARE® and by Sorenson Critical Care, Inc.
  • a manually-operable valve is located forwardly of the wiper seal providing a cleaning chamber between the valve and the wiper seal.
  • An irrigation port opens into this chamber so that saline can be supplied to it, which is then drawn along the bore of the catheter by the applied suction to remove matter collected within the bore.
  • valve used to close the washing chamber could be of various different kinds.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,354,267 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,348 describe rotary stop-cock type valves, which are turned either to isolate the cleaning chamber from the patient end of the coupling or to enable the catheter to be advanced through the valve into the trachea.
  • An alternative form of valve is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,775,325.
  • This valve is of the duck-bill type within an integral, deformable outer tube.
  • the valve has a normally-closed slit and this is opened by squeezing the sides of the outer tube together parallel to the length of the slit. This valve has certain advantages because it can be made as an integral component.
  • the valve has to be held open continuously manually while the catheter is advanced. This can be tiring in prolonged operation and means that the user has to occupy one hand maintaining the valve open. There is also a risk that the valve may not be held fully open during extension of the catheter. This could cause dragging on the catheter and may wipe secretions from the outside of the catheter in a position where they could move back into the airway. Furthermore, there is a risk that twisting or bending the assembly in the region of the cleaning chamber could inadvertently open the valve.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 6,543,451 describes a valve opened by advancing the catheter. This valve rubs along the outside of the catheter as it is withdrawn and may also dislodge secretions.
  • a valve including a deformable member having a fluid passage extending therethrough, a normally-closed opening within the passage arranged such that it can be opened by external pressure applied to the deformable member, the valve including external means displaceable on the deformable member between a first position in which the opening through the deformable member remains substantially closed and a second position in which the opening is opened.
  • the external means is preferably arranged to remain in the first or second position until manual force is applied to displace it to the other position.
  • the external means may be a collar embracing the deformable member and it may be displaceable by sliding lengthwise of the passage.
  • the first position may be located to one side of the opening and the second position may be substantially aligned with the opening.
  • the valve preferably includes a rigid housing externally of the deformable member, a part of the deformable member projecting outwardly through an opening in the rigid housing for engagement by the external means.
  • the deformable member preferably has a part with an inclined surface arranged for engagement by the external means.
  • the housing preferably has two openings located diametrically opposite one another, the deformable member having two parts in the form of pads projecting outwardly through respective ones of the openings, the pads each having an inclined external surface shaped for engagement by the external means such that displacement of the external means causes the pads to be pushed inwardly towards one another and the opening to be opened.
  • the normally-closed opening may be a slit extending diametrically of the passage.
  • the deformable member may be generally tubular, the slit being provided in a transverse web extending across the diameter of the deformable member and formed integrally with the deformable member.
  • the valve may include a substantially rigid reinforcement member extending parallel to the slit on opposite sides such that when a force is applied externally along the slit the reinforcement member is bowed outwardly to open the slit.
  • a valve including a deformable member having a fluid passage extending therethrough and an internal seal of a deformable material defining a slit extending transversely of the fluid passage, the seal including a substantially rigid reinforcement member extending parallel to the slit on opposite sides such that when a force is applied externally along the slit the reinforcement member is bowed outwardly to open the slit.
  • a closed system suction catheter assembly including a suction catheter and a valve according to the above one or other aspect of the present invention.
  • the assembly may include a cleaning chamber located towards the patient end of the assembly, the valve being located towards the patient side of the cleaning chamber and the valve being openable to allow extension of the suction catheter and being closable substantially to isolate the cleaning chamber from the patient and enable cleaning of the catheter.
  • the valve may be located towards the machine end of the assembly and be connected at the machine end of the suction catheter so as to enable or prevent suctioning along the catheter.
  • FIG. 1 is a simplified, side elevation view of a closed system suction catheter assembly
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional side elevation view of the patient end of the assembly with the washing chamber valve closed;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional side elevation view of the patient end of the assembly with the washing chamber valve open;
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional side elevation view of a modified form of the valve.
  • FIG. 5 is a transverse sectional view along the line V-V of FIG. 4 .
  • the assembly comprises a patient end fitting 1 having a tapered female coupling 2 at one end adapted to fit with a male connector on the end of a tracheal tube (not shown).
  • the fitting 1 has a side coupling 3 adapted for connection to a ventilation system.
  • a cleaning chamber 4 Joined with the rear end of the fitting 1 is a cleaning chamber 4 having a valve 5 at its forward end and a wiper seal 6 at its rear end.
  • An irrigation port 7 opens into the cleaning chamber 4 .
  • the forward end of a suction catheter 10 extends slidably through the wiper seal 6 and is located rearwardly of the valve 5 , when not in use.
  • the rear end of the suction catheter 10 is fixed at a machine end fitting 20 , which includes a suction control valve 21 and a spigot 22 connected to flexible tubing 23 extending to a suction source (not shown).
  • the valve 21 has a normally closed state, where no suction is applied to the catheter 10 , but can be actuated manually to open it and apply suction from the tubing 23 to the catheter.
  • a flexible envelope 24 encloses the catheter 10 where it extends between the two fittings 1 and 20 , the envelope being joined to the fittings at opposite ends.
  • the valve 5 includes a single, one-piece moulding 50 of a resilient elastomeric material having a tubular sleeve 51 .
  • the sleeve 51 extends coaxially within an outer rigid, tubular housing 52 , which traps the forward end of the sleeve on the outside of the patient fitting 1 .
  • the housing 52 also traps the rear end of the sleeve 51 on the forward end of a tubular fitting 40 forming a part of the cleaning chamber 4 .
  • the moulding 50 has two pads 53 diametrically opposite one another on the outer surface, the pads being square in shape and having an inclined surface 54 , which increases in height in the forward direction.
  • the moulding 50 has an integral, transverse web 56 extending across the diameter of the sleeve 51 .
  • the web 56 has a slit 57 through it extending diametrically between the two pads 53 across a passage 58 through the sleeve 51 .
  • the slit 57 is closed (as shown in FIG. 2 ), preventing substantial fluid flow along the passage 58 .
  • the slit 57 can be opened (as shown in FIG. 3 ) by squeezing the sleeve 51 along the length of the slit, that is, by squeezing the two pads 53 together.
  • the valve 5 is completed by a locking collar 60 of circular section mounted on the outside of the housing 52 to the rear, machine side of the web 56 , the openings 55 and the pads 53 .
  • the collar 60 can be slid forwardly over the pads 53 to align with the web 56 . In this position the inner surface of the collar 60 engages the inclined surfaces 54 on the pads 53 , it pushes them inwardly and hence applies a force to squeeze the ends of the slit 57 together, thereby opening it.
  • the collar 60 can be left in this position to keep the slit 57 open, and hence keep the valve 5 open, as long as desired, without the need for continuous manual pressure.
  • valve 5 When the valve 5 needs to the closed, the user simply slides the collar 60 rearwardly to its original position so that the resilience of the moulding 50 closes the slit 57 again.
  • the valve could have a rotatable collar with an inner cam surface that pushes the pads in when rotated.
  • the collar could be arranged to cooperate with a bayonet type fitting, such as an L-shape slot on the outside of the housing, so that it can be locked securely in the open position by sliding forwards and then twisting.
  • the suction control valve 21 in the machine end fitting 20 could be of a conventional kind or it could be of the same kind as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 .
  • the suction control valve 21 is operable to enable or prevent suctioning along the suction catheter 10 .
  • the arrangement of the present invention ensures that the valve is maintained fully open during use and that the suction catheter can be pushed through the valve without the catheter being squeezed between edges of the slit and scraping off material from the outside of the catheter. It also avoids the need for the user to maintain a grip on the valve during use. Because the resilient moulding is enclosed within a rigid outer housing and is accessible only through openings in the housing, there is no risk that the user could squeeze the valve too tightly and compress the valve onto the catheter. The rigid outer housing also prevents the valve being opened inadvertently by a twisting or bending action.
  • valve 105 has a moulding 150 similar to that of the valve 5 but differs in that the web 156 includes two semi-rigid elongate strips 170 bonded with it and extending along opposite sides of the slit 157 .
  • the two strips 170 are joined at opposite ends by respective living hinges 171 .
  • the nature of the strips 170 is such that, when the pads 153 are squeezed together along the length of the slit 157 , the strips bow outwardly away from one another and hold the slit open.
  • This arrangement provides a more positive open or closed feel to the valve and ensures that, when the valve is open, the size of the opening is always sufficient to allow free, unimpeded movement of the catheter through the opening.
  • This form of valve could be actuated directly between the finger and thumb of the user, or it could be opened by a collar or similar external member that would maintain the valve open without the need for manual pressure.

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